Job 21:30
That the bad man is reserved for the day of calamity, [that the wicked] are carried forward to the day of wrath.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
29Have ye not asked the wayfarers? surely their token ye cannot disregard,
31[But] who will tell him to his face of his way? and who will repay him what he hath done?
Cross References
Joshua 10:18And Joshua said, Roll great stones to the mouth of the cave, and set men over it to guard them;
Psalms 73:5They share not in the trouble of mortals, and with men are they not afflicted.
Proverbs 11:4Wealth cannot profit on the day of wrath; but righteousness deliver from death.
Nahum 1:2A God watchful and avenging is the Lord; an avenger is the Lord, and full of fury; the Lord taketh vengeance on his adversaries, and keepeth in mind the deeds of his enemies.
Matthew Henry on Job 21:28-34
Punishment of the Wicked. ( b. c. 1520.) 27 Behold, I know your thoughts, and the devices which ye wrongfully imagine against me. 28 For ye say, Where is the house of the prince? and where are the dwelling places of the wicked? 29 Have ye not asked them that go by the way? and do ye not know their tokens, 30 That the wicked is reserved to the day of destruction? they shall be brought forth to the day of wrath. 31 Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay him what he hath done? 32 Yet shall he be… Read the whole commentary →